Rag Doll Thank You Card

I know she isn't Raddedy Ann but she's just as cute and  I just love the stitching on this thank you doll stamp by Peachy Keen. I colored the doll in with Spectrum Noir FS3, DR3 and TB5. The bottom row of poka dots is a stamp from My Favorite Things.

Happy "B"

I sat down in my craft room with no particular goal tonight started going through all my cut files and came across a sketch design by Rivka Wilkins called Daisy.  Then with my Silhouette I sketched out the daisy on yellow cardstock using a Silhouette Sketch Pen.  With the help of myMISTI I then applied the background stamp from Unity Stamp Co. Take Care of You kit in a copper colored ink.

Not having planned ahead I started sifting through my stamp collection and came across Jaded Blossoms Love Stings stamp collection I hadn’t yet used this stamp set and decided it was time.  Again using myMISTI I stamped the Bee amongst my daisy’s using a shimmering gold ink, then stamped it a second time with a light brown and finally a third time applying a light gray ink.  The sentiment in the lower left corner is from the same stamp collection.  I finished off my card from by running some yellow washi tape across the top and bottom. The card front was then applied to 110lb black cardstock. The back inside panel of the card is lined with the same yellow cardstock. 

Dust, Stamp, Sprinkle, Tap, Heat..... what is that you say?

Dust, stamp, sprinkle, tap and heat. Those are pretty much the steps to heat embossing, sounds pretty simple right?  It would seem to be but then when you think you have gotten it perfect you find a couple specks of color outside of your stamped area.  Just like everything else it all comes down to practice, practice makes perfect or in my case almost perfect is as close as I have yet to achieve. When you look close you can see the specks of color that are out of place in person the specks are barely noticeable but I see them.  I have to say that I am happy with the card overall, just wish I had the proper lighting to capture the true colors of the card.

In the making of this card I used:

Papertrey Ink Mum’s The Word Stamp Set

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad

Hampton Art Embossing Powder in Gold and Black

Some random Washi  tape (Black Stripe)

Green 65lb card stock –Top Layer

Cream 65lb card stock – Card Base ( I typically like to use 110lb for card bases)

Darice Heat Gun 

Bowl-Full of Comfort

I received some “Happy Mail" this week. I had ordered some stamps from Unity Stamp Company during their big sale, this was the first time ordering from them so I didn't know what to expect. I love the quality of the images that the stamps produced, however their stamps aren't stamped with the image. By that I mean the red rubber stamp was adhered to foam allowing it to cling, but they don't stamp the image on the foam so you really have to pay attention as to which direction you are holding the stamp prior to stamping. I am not sure how I feel about that, but again the image quality is there.

I produced this square card using a couple of the stamps I had ordered, and I have to say I really like how it turned out.  This is a rather large square card it measures 5 ¼ x 5 ¼ making it a great card for hand delivery, to avoid the extra postage cost. I do think that in the future any square card I make will be smaller; I found it hard to fill the space without over doing it. 

The stack of bowls and the sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company's itty bitty collection, bowl-full of comfort. I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored it in with my Spectrum Noir markers. The stamped image behind the bowls is a background stamp from the Unity set Take Care of you, I believe this could become one of my favorite stamps from those that I own. Both of the stamped images were fussy cut and adhered to the card, prior to adhering them I added a couple of torn pieces of gold polka dot washi tape to my scrapbook paper. The green stripped paper is from The Paper Studio The Basics No. 2 paper pack. 

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Chasing the Bug Away With Rum

When I sit down to craft or create for an order I want the product to fit the personality of the individual who has requested it. This is not always possible and sometimes my desire to do so takes away from the originality of the final product. This last week I received a request to make some get well cards from someone who collects mason jars and loves the country life. Her only request was 

that the inside of the cards read:

So Suzy Stamps #D00220

My mind almost immediately went to cards that I had previously seen variations of that used a mason jar and referenced catching a bug. Being that I had the supplies on hand to create my own version of this the mason jar card I went with it, and the client loved it. 

Inkadinkado Mason Jars 60-31236

The sentiment "Heard you caught a bug" was sketched with the Silhouette Cameo using a font titled SimpleSketch. The lady bug is a file from the Silhouette Design Store titled Bee and Ladybug Sketch, design 43496. The outline of the bug was sketched with the Silhouette Camoe and then colored in by hand using a Spectrum Noir marker. The card front was cut using the Jaded Blossom Card Mat Dies. I also used my MISTI to double stamp the mason jar.The base color of the jar is VersaMagic Sea Breeze chalk ink and the final layer is with StazOn Dove Gray.